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The Secret Quotes (page 44)

Frank Herbert quote: "The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they..."
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer. Frank Herbert
The ducks in St James's Park are so used to being fed bread by secret agents meeting clandestinely that they have developed their own Pavlovian reaction. Put a St James's Park duck in a laboratory cage and show it a picture of two men -- one usually wearing a coat with a fur collar, the other something sombre with a scarf -- and it'll look up expectantly. Neil Gaiman
The celebrations. Of secret nonmeetings are empty, Unspoken conversations, Unuttered words. Glances that don't intersect. Don't know where to come to rest. And only the tears rejoice. Because they can flow and flow. Sweetbrier around Moscow, Alas! Somehow it is here ... And all this they will call. Love eternal. Anna Akhmatova
The power of the sky can be made to do men's bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose to ask. Ayn Rand
The years stretched before her, a long and dusty way, yet if she could walk humbly along it she might find that life, unfolding slowly, keeps its best secrets till the end. Elizabeth Goudge
The most painful and jealously guarded secrets are perhaps the ones that everyone around us knows. Stupid tragedies. Useless tears. Carmen Laforet
Sylvia Plath quote: "The claw / Of the magnolia, / Drunk on its own secrets, / Asks..."
The claw / Of the magnolia, / Drunk on its own secrets, / Asks nothing of life. Sylvia Plath
William Morris quote: "The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest..."
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. William Morris
Secretly, I'm a real big nerd. I'd rather stay home and play Scrabble than go to a Hollywood party, any day of the week. And I love reading about history and watching the Discovery Channel. Sprague Grayden
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it. Tom Peters
David Copperfield quote: "The real secret of magic lies in the performance."
The real secret of magic lies in the performance. David Copperfield
The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning. Walter Ulbricht
Mason Cooley quote: "The real secrets are not the ones I tell."
The real secrets are not the ones I tell. Mason Cooley
The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people. Adolf Loos
Thomas Carlyle quote: "The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water..."
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. Thomas Carlyle

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